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December in the North East USA
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December in the North East USA
December Garden Chores
The bees are all buttoned up tight, but I so wish I had honey from this year.
Most of the spring flowering bulbs are planted.
I still have to break down the trellis systems.
I still have 3 beds that need excavation and weed barrier (shudder) put in the bottom and refilled.
Garlic is all planted and I still have leeks to harvest before the hard freeze.
etc...
The bees are all buttoned up tight, but I so wish I had honey from this year.
Most of the spring flowering bulbs are planted.
I still have to break down the trellis systems.
I still have 3 beds that need excavation and weed barrier (shudder) put in the bottom and refilled.
Garlic is all planted and I still have leeks to harvest before the hard freeze.
etc...
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: December in the North East USA
I have more clean-up done than I ever have before, and yet...
Most of my bulbs are in. Things that need to be mulched are mulched. I bought a bunch of cheap perennials a month or so again, and I have planted over half of them, which for me is pretty good! (They are ground cover plants - I'm trying to reduce the small areas of lawn at the restaurant.)
BUT....some of my boxes have imitation MM. As I mentioned in another thread, Spring of 2010 my back was in tough shape, so I had to have help mixing and filling my boxes. The person who was "helping" used a lot of composted top-soil, that I had brought in for other purposes!
I really want to get those boxes emptied out before winter, but it sure is hard to work up enthusiasm for that task!
Most of my bulbs are in. Things that need to be mulched are mulched. I bought a bunch of cheap perennials a month or so again, and I have planted over half of them, which for me is pretty good! (They are ground cover plants - I'm trying to reduce the small areas of lawn at the restaurant.)
BUT....some of my boxes have imitation MM. As I mentioned in another thread, Spring of 2010 my back was in tough shape, so I had to have help mixing and filling my boxes. The person who was "helping" used a lot of composted top-soil, that I had brought in for other purposes!
I really want to get those boxes emptied out before winter, but it sure is hard to work up enthusiasm for that task!
martha- Posts : 2188
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Re: December in the North East USA
Ahh, winter is here. I am awake and the sun will not rise for another 2 hours... so what is a gardener to do...
It's time to watch TED and Michael Pollan and the secret life of plants
A Plant's Eye View
It's time to watch TED and Michael Pollan and the secret life of plants
A Plant's Eye View
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: December in the North East USA
great link Camp !!!
I LOVE the TED talks. Interesting how is name is Pollan (Pollen). The idea that we are just another tool of nature from the plants perspective was interesting. What a great writer and speaker ! Have you read any of his books?
I LOVE the TED talks. Interesting how is name is Pollan (Pollen). The idea that we are just another tool of nature from the plants perspective was interesting. What a great writer and speaker ! Have you read any of his books?
staf74- Posts : 554
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Age : 49
Location : York, SC
Re: December in the North East USA
Coming to the end of the year...
- I didn't bother taking down my trellis systems this year, I will just move them about in the spring.
- I finished planting all the bulbs.
- I managed to miss harvesting the last of the leeks, they are frozen in place.
- I have been collecting bags of coffee grounds from the coffee shop and just dumping them on the vegetable and flower garden beds and in areas I am planning on building up the soil. The 25 pound lumps of frozen grounds and filters will thaw in the spring.
- I think today is the day to delve into the 2012 catalogs, but first I
have to fetch some emergency rations for the bees. It's so cold today,
it will be a good afternoon to curl up with hot chocolate and go
shopping...
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
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